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Matthew Perry debating the topic of addiction with a dismissive Peter Hitchens in 2013

Matthew Perry, a comic actor known for playing the sarcastic, boyishly charming and tightly wound Chandler Bing in the long-running sitcom “Friends,” was found dead Oct. 28 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54. Perry was discovered by a witness unresponsive in his hot tub at about 4 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Kelly Muniz of the Los Angeles police said in a statement Sunday. The Los Angeles City Fire Department responded and pronounced Perry dead on the scene, she said, adding that detectives from the LAPD’s robbery-homicide division investigated and found “no obvious signs of trauma.” The official cause...

Matthew Perry has died at the age of 54, TMZ has reported. The beloved “Friends” star was reportedly discovered dead in the jacuzzi of a home in Los Angeles’ ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that first-responders rushed to the address with the call first reported as a cardiac arrest. They added that no drugs found at the scene and no foul play is suspected. In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department stated: “We responded to the 1800 block of Blue Sail Rd for a death investigation on a male...

Matthew Perry has reportedly died. He was 54. The actor, who was best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, was found dead at a Los Angeles-area home on Saturday, TMZ reported, citing law enforcement sources. The outlet reported that Perry was found in a jacuzzi at the home, and no drugs were found at the scene.

A pair of gun-toting robbers stormed into a holiday house party in Los Angeles, where they stole jewelry, phones and a watch from frightened guests, according to reports. The homeowners hosting the outdoor bash in the city’s Pacific Palisades section said two guests went inside the residence to get their purses Friday night and were confronted by armed assailants who swiped jewelry, iPhones and an Apple watch from two women and fled, the Los Angeles Times reported. One of the homeowners, who declined to be identified, said he tried to contact LAPD several times to give investigators security footage showing...

PACIFIC PALISADES (CBSLA) – After nearly two years of pandemic restrictions, a family’s party was supposed to be an opportunity to share holiday joy, but after partygoers were robbed at gunpoint inside their home, the westside residents are dealing with the trauma of being part of a growing statistic.“I’m feeling disturbed, violated that people were in our house with guns,” said the Pacific Palisades homeowner who did not want to give her name or show her face on camera.Security cameras recorded two men walking down the side of her home Saturday, while the holiday party was underway. Moments later, the...

An anonymous right-wing street art group called The Faction has plastered Pacific Palisades with posters depicting Governor Gavin Newsom with a Hitler mustache, holding a hypodermic needle, with a swastika made of hypodermic needles.

An Emmy-winning former medical correspondent for NBC was arrested for allegedly asking a 9-year-old girl to send him sexually explicit photos, according to new reports. Dr. Bruce Hensel, 71, was charged Wednesday with asking the daughter of a friend through an online messaging app for the photos in August, the Los Angeles Times reported. Hensel, who worked as the on-air chief medical correspondent for NBC New York and Los Angeles, faces one felony count of contact with a minor for sexual purposes. The Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation into Hensel after they learned he and the girl shared...

A county coroner’s official said the man had not been identified as of early Monday evening. The elite Robbery-Homicide Division took over the case, getting a search warrant for the victim’s home. Inside, they found more than 1,200 firearms — including handguns, rifles and shotguns — as well as more than 2 tons of ammunition. An LAPD bomb squad was sent to the home to determine that the search was safe to proceed. Evacuation for surrounding homes were ordered for nearly 12 hours Saturday, when the search was conducted. Investigators were being assisted by the LAPD Detective Bureau’s gun detail...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Los Angeles City Councilman Wednesday announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a recent UCLA graduate. David Pregerson, 23, was fatally struck on Dec. 27 on Chautauqua Boulevard, north of Borgos Place in the Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles Police Department said. “The driver of the car drove off after the collision, failing to stop, render aid, or identify themselves,” officials said. The victim was later found in the brushes off Chautauqua around 3:20 a.m. Pregerson, who was an aspiring film producer...

Old ladies lovingly nurtured rats, turning a home in one of the nation's priciest enclaves into Willard...